[SOLVED] Question about rebuilding my OH2

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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I am using HomeBuilder to setup my OH2 this time around so I get everything laid out how I want it and coded correctly. I am to the point where I think I need to add my MQTT code to make the connections to my Things work. At the end of the line below, it has {channel=""}. I’m assuming this is where I put the code for the MQTT connection?

Switch          MF_Office_Light            "Light"            <light>              (MF_Office, gLight)            ["Lighting", "Switchable"]   {channel=""}

I know I have asked this type of question before and I have been reading more about this. I just want to make sure I’m heading in the right direction.

Thanks

John Frankforther

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This is where you put the name of the channel provided by the MQTT thing

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I think this is where I ended up failing the last several times I got to this point. Maybe if I show what data I am using maybe I can be pointed in the right direction. Here is the information I’m getting from the Office_Light module:

00:00:00 Project sonoff Office_Light Version 6.4.1(sensors)-2_4_2
00:00:11 WIF: Connected
00:00:11 DNS: Initialized
00:00:11 HTP: Web server active on Office_Light-7724.local with IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
21:57:38 MQT: Attempting connection...
21:57:38 MQT: Connected
21:57:38 MQT: tele/Office_Light/LWT = Online (retained)
21:57:38 MQT: cmnd/Office_Light/POWER = 
21:57:38 MQT: tele/Office_Light/INFO1 = {"Module":"Generic","Version":"6.4.1(sensors)","FallbackTopic":"cmnd/OL01_fb/","GroupTopic":"sonoffs"}
21:57:38 MQT: tele/Office_Light/INFO2 = {"WebServerMode":"Admin","Hostname":"Office_Light-7724","IPAddress":"XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"}
21:57:38 MQT: stat/Office_Light/RESULT = {"POWER":"OFF"}
21:57:38 MQT: stat/Office_Light/POWER = OFF
22:03:08 MQT: stat/Office_Light/RESULT = {"POWER":"ON"}
22:03:08 MQT: stat/Office_Light/POWER = ON
22:03:10 MQT: stat/Office_Light/RESULT = {"POWER":"OFF"}
22:03:10 MQT: stat/Office_Light/POWER = OFF

When I go to set up the channel in the Paper UI

I add the channel as an On/Off Switch
Channel ID is OL01
Under channel Configuration
MQTT state topic is: stat/Office_Light/POWER
The MQTT command topic is cmnd/Office_Light/POWER,

At this point I don’t know what to put in the Incoming value transformation and the Outgoing value format. If I leave them blank, the relay turns on and off when I click the switch on the Basic UI screen with no errors in the Log file.

Also in the Items file, I did not enter anything for the channel="" statement. I am unsure if this is the correct way to make this work even though it does work.
Thoughts??

John Frankforther

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Nothing is needed in these

You can copy the channel name from the paperUI:

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Click on the two little squares to copy the channel to the clipboard
And then paste is in you item config:

Switch               LargeBedroom_RadiatorValve            "Large Bedroom Radiator [%s]"                  <radiator>    (LargeBedroom, Radiators, MQTTv2)                                                                                      { channel="mqtt:topic:LargeBedroomRadiatorValve:OnOff" }
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Thank you Vince!! My errors were coming from the text I was putting in the two places in the channel setup in the Paper UI. I guess I was making it harder that it actually was to set up. As I move on to the temperature and humidity sensor, I’m guessing I can do the same thing?

John Frankforther

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Yep, you got it!!

Please mark the thread as solved, thanks